“saying that deploying more troops on Italian streets following a series of rape cases would not guarantee the safety of the country’s women because “we would need as many soldiers as there are beautiful girls in Italy – which we will never manage”.”

Mr. Prime Minister, are you suggesting that women get raped because they are beautiful? Or that women you see as less attractive women don’t deserve to be safe from rape? And oh by the way, adding to your military presence is more likely to increase sexual violence against women than to decrease it. Just ask the women of Iraq, or Rwanda, or the the DRC.

We also want to give honorable mention to Tania Lundeen at Ty Inc. who, when asked why Ty was commodifying on the first daughters celebrity in the form of Sweet Sasha and Marvelous Malia dolls replied, “How can we resist?”